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The Madcap

(1,606 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 05:57 PM Thursday

Madness

Irrationality reigns…no sense in believing
No reason to trust my sight
My hearing distorted in the blackest night
Growls guttural, snarling beasts in the shadows
My identity shattered by this broken world
Dashed to pieces, not by accident
As I am hurled into the chasm
Cracks in the frozen glacier, bitter cold
A pitiable slave of the billionaires
A mere pawn in their vast corruption

How can it be rational to carry on
In this game filled with losers with no chance to win
When the score is rigged and over
Why even try?
Isn’t that just madness in itself?
An endless struggle where death is the only relief
Threatened with Hell if I don’t play their game
Is that not insanity to willingly deny myself?
Every day a war, every night insomnia
Someday, when it’s over, I can rest again

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